Fencepost



Patented .lune 3, 1924.

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FENCEPOST.

Application led December To all who-m t may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN I-I. FAHREN- HOLZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at Norfolk, in the county of Madison, and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Fencepost; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art'to which it appertains to make and use the same.

,This invention relates to a fence post, and the object is to provide a post, preferably formed of steel, which shall include a plurality of .relatively adjustable elements, one of vwhich is. provided with means for securing the fence wire inposition, permitting the felice to be raised above the surface of the ground, for the purpose indicated below.

A further object is to provide means whereby the movable elements of the posts and the wires connected therewith may be raised or lowered, in order that the weeds usually growing near the fence may be completely removed by the use of a mowing machine,-the fence also being capable of' adjustment in the manner Vstated when the washing of soil serves either to bury the lower wires or to leave more space unprotected below the fence, than is desirable or permissible.

A still further object is to provide a post comprising a lower stationary element and an upper element adjustable with reference thereto, means for securing the upper element inan adjusted position, and means for connecting the fencing per se with the element last named.

A still further object. is to provide a plurality of telescoping members, one of which is slotted longitudinally, the other being provided with a longitudinal channeled portion constituting a rib projecting through the slot, the channeled portion being cut away at intervals for receiving the wires of the fence, and the latter being retained by a heavy wire or rod passing longitudinally of the channeled portion. v

`With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of elements hereinafter described and s, 1920. sei-iai No. 429,211.

claimed, it being understood that modifications may be made within the scope of the claims, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing;

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation showing a'section of fencing, including two posts and the wires connected therewith.

Figure 2 is a view of one of the posts in vertical section, showing the cooperation of the adjustable members.

Figure 3 is a detail invertical section showing the pivoted securing devices.

Figure 4- is a transverse section on line #i`4 of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a view in' vertical section, showing a modified form, in which the ad' justa-ble element of the post encloses the stationary element.

Figure 6 is a transverse section on line 6 6 of Figure 5.

The stationary element of the post is designated 10, being preferably circular in cross section and provided with a longitudinal slot 11 extending the full length thereof, or nearly the full length. The adjustable or slidable element is shown at 12, this element.

also being approximately circular in cross section, but having formed thereon a channeled portion 13, projecting in the form of a rib 141 through the longitudinal slot. This rib is cut away 'at intervals to ,form notches 16 for receiving the wires of the fence, and a heavy wire or rod 18 passes longitudinally through the channeled portion, and therefore in a vertical direction, when the post is in operative position, the rod engaging the portions 19 of the fencing perse and serving to retain the latter in position.

The inner telescoping member is free to move within the element 10, but may be retained in a fixed position when adjusted, by means of an engaging device, or catch, designated 21 and pivotally mounted at 22' in a bracket 23 on the element. An aperture 24 is provided in element 10, and a series of apertures 25 are formed in element 12, in order to provide the adjustment referred to.

As previously intimated one of the chief advantages ofthis construction is that it is possible to provide not merely an adjustable post per se, but a fence any portion of which may 'be raised or lowered, as circumstances require. hen the soil washes to a considerable extent and the woven wire or line wires of the fence are embedded, it requires a considerable amount of time, and therefore involves expense in restoring the fence to its original condition. Under other circumstances, or rather under usual circumstances, weeds accumulate along the line of a Alence of usual type, and the seeds from these weeds spread over the surrounding kground and produce the usual result, thereby causing great annoyance and involving considerable loss. lVlien it is possible to raise or elevate sections of the 'fence independently of the posts, or the stationary portions of the latter, all oi' these weeds may be cleared away, and it is even possible to make use of a mowing machinev for that purpose. In Figures and G, l have shown a stationary element 12 and a vertically slidable element the latter being provided with a longitudinal rib let', forming a channel element similar tothe member 14, and notched at 16', for receiving the tence wires 19 which are retained by vertical wires 18, as before. The stationary element is illustrated as being provided with a longitudinal slot 11 although this slot is not necessary under all conditions, Catch 21 is pivoted at 22 in brackets 23 on the slidable element, instead ot' the stationary element as before.

Having thus described the what I claim is A post having a substantially hollow tubular stationary section pro-vided with a vertically elongated slot, a vertically slidable section within said section consisting of a tube wrapped from a sheet and having the line of contact of its side edges directly in the rear of said slot and having an outwardly depressed rib extending through and beyond said slot, a rod coacting with the interior of the rib to secure the fence wires of the post, said r-od being in contact with the wires and snugly engaging the bridge of the depression and binding said wires against the edges of the stationary section at the slot, said sections having slots registrable through sliding movement and adapted to receive a catch whereby the wires may be disposed at different elevations, and the rib and iii-st mentioned slot will constitute means lto prevent relative turning of the sections and thereby avoid lateral disal-iuement of the second mentioned slots.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature in presence ot two witnesses.

MARTIN HERMAN FAHRENHOLZ.

Witnesses z A. A. STEFFEN, J. E. l-IANsci-r.

invention, 

